Feb. 19-23: 9th International Working Seminar on Production Economics, Kongresszentrum, Igls/Innsbruck. Organized by the Department of Production Economics, Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden, and Institut für Unternehmungsführung, Universität Innsbruck. Contact: Janerik Lundquist, Department of Production Economics, Linköping Institute of Technology, S-581 83 Linköping, Sweden; Phone: +46-(0)13-28 15 05; Fax: +46-(0)13-28 18 73; E-mail: jel@ipe.liu.se
March 31-April 2: POM-96: Teaching Production/Operations Management - Visions, Topics, and Pedagogies. A national conference focused on teaching production/operations management, sponsored by the Krannert School of Management, the Center for the Management of Manufacturing Enterprises (CMME), and the Center for International Business and Economic Research (CIBER). University Place, Indianapolis, Indiana. General Chair: Professor Kalyan Singhal, Department of Management, University of Baltimore, 1420 North Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA; Phone: (410) 837-4976; Fax: (410) 837-5675.
April 21-27: Mathematics Awareness Week (MAW) - a week-long celebration that provides an opportunity to convey the theme of "Mathematics and Decision Making." Materials for this year's MAW will focus on forecasting, prediction, uncertainty, probability and analysis.
May 19: SIAM Short Courses on Differential-Algebraic Equations and Their Connections to Optimization; Optimization Software. Contact: SIAM, 3600 University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688; Phone: (215) 382-9800; Fax: (215) 386-7999; E-Mail: meetings@siam.org; Gopher Server: gopher.siam.org; World Wide Web: http://www.siam.org
May 20-22: Fifth SIAM Conference on Optimization, sponsored by SIAM Activity Group on Optimization at the Victoria Conference Center, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Contact: SIAM, 3600 University City Science Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104-2688; Phone: (215) 382-9800; Fax: (215) 386-7999; E-Mail: meetings@siam.org; Gopher Server: gopher.siam.org; World Wide Web: http://www.siam.org
June 23-26: The 16th Annual International Symposium on Forecasting, sponsored by the International Institute of Forecasters at the Swissôtel in Istanbul, Turkey. Contact Muhittin Oral, general chair, Faculty of Business Administration, Bilkent University, 06533 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey; Phone: +90-312-266-4775; Fax: +90-312-266-4958; E-mail: oralm@bilkent.edu.tr
June 25-28: Pacific DMS '96: 3rd Pacific Workshop on Distributed Multimedia Systems, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. Co-sponsors: HKUST, Knowledge Systems Institute. Contact: David H.C. Du, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, U.S.A.; Phone: (612) 625-2560; Fax: (612) 625-0572; E-mail: du@cs.umn.edu or Olivia R. Liu Sheng, Dept. of Info. and Systems Mgt., School of Business and Management, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong; Phone: +1-852 2358-7645, Fax: +852 2358-2421; E-mail: olivia@usthk.ust.hk
June 25-29: 9th Conference of the European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby. Contact: ECMI '96, Mathematical Institute, Bldg. 303, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark.
July 8-12: IFORS (International Federation of Operational Research Societies) 96, 14th Triennial Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, hosted by the Canadian Operational Research Society. Contact: Conference Secretariat, Venue West Conference Services Ltd., 645-375 Water St., Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6B 5C6; Phone: (604) 681-5226; Fax: (604) 681-2503.
July 13-15: Fourth International Symposium on the Analytic Hierarchy Process, Simon Fraser University's Burnaby Mountain Campus, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The sessions will commence immediately after IFORS' 96 (July 8-12). Papers presented at the symposium will be from academics and practitioners in the AHP field. Contact: William C. Wedley, ISAHP IV Chairperson, Faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B. C., CANADA, V5A 1S6; Phone: (604) 291-4528; Fax: (604) 291-4920; E-mail: wedley@sfu.ca
July 16-19: International Conference On Management Science and the Economic Development of China, jointly organized by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and Tsinghua University, will be held at the campus of HKUST in Hong Kong. For information, contact: MS Conference, Department of ISMT, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong; Phone: (852) 2358-7733; Fax: (852) 2358-1946; E-mail: msconf@usthk.ust.hk
Aug. 25-30: 15th IMACS World Congress in Berlin, Germany. Contact: IMACS Secretariat, Department of Computer Science, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903.
Nov. 30-Dec. 4: The Fourth Conference of the Association of Asian-Pacific Operational Research Societies within IFORS at the World Congress Centre, Melbourne, Australia. Contact: Pam Richards at APORS '97 - PR Conference Consultants Pty. Ltd., POB 326, Balwyn, Vic., Australia 3103; Phone: +61 3 9816 9111; Fax: +61 3 9816 9287; E-mail: apors97@sci.monash.edu.au